Housing Act 1985

The Housing Act 1985 is a British Act of Parliament. The act introduced laws relating to the succession of Council Houses.[1] It also facilitated the transfer of council housing to not-for-profit housing associations.[2]

Overcrowding

Paragraph 236 Replicates the 1935 Housing Act, Part 10, including using space standards as a means by which to control overcrowding. A breach of these standards is a criminal offence.

Table 1 maximum people per allowed room

No. of rooms	No. of people
1	2
2	3
3	5
4	7 1/2
5 or more	2 for each room

Table 2 Minimum room size per person

Floor area of room	No. of people
110 sq. ft. (10.22m 2 )	2
90 ‒ 110 sq. ft. (8.36 ‒ 10.22m )	1 1/2
70 ‒ 90 sq. ft. (6.5 ‒ 8.36m 2 )	1
50 ‒ 70 sq. ft. (4.65 ‒ 6.5m2)	1/2

A child under 10, is a 1/2 person. [3]

See also

• English land law
• Housing Act 1980
• Public housing in the United Kingdom § Stock transfer

References

Notes

1. Wilson, W. (2014) Succession rights and social housing, House of Commons Research Paper, SN/SP/1998, p. 2
2. Hal Pawson, Cathy Fancie (10 September 2003). The evolution of stock transfer housing associations (Report). Joseph Rowntree Foundation. ISBN 1 86134 545 3. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
3. Park 2017, p. 26.

Bibliography

• Park, Julia. "One hundred years of space standards" (PDF). Housing Space Standards. Retrieved 11 February 2017.